Display stand



Def@ 18,1928,

P. GERMAIN, JR

' DISPLAY` STANDv Filed June 3. 19.26

INVENTOR By Attorneys,

Patented Dec.v `18,' 1928.

UNITED Piirlla T OFFICE;

-. PHILIP GERMAIN, JR., oF/NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY STAND.

Application filed June 3,

forced point-s of support soV disposed as to.

maintain other parts ofthe standfree from the surface on which itrests.

A A still further object of the invention is to .provide a display stand comprising pivoted elements so formedto serve as jaws or grippers adapted to be operated by the Weight of the article to besupported and 3 3 of Fig. 2.

to be closed into a grasping relation there- With, the pivoted portions vofsaid yelements being sodisposed as to maintain a vertical position best adapted to transmit the Weight of the supported article to the underlying I points of support, and being reinforced'to strengthen the pivotalconnections and pre vent distortion of the parts vof the-structurev -upon Which the displayed article is intended to rest. v

The sides and ends of the pedestalk afford appropriate space for j advertising matter relative to the article supported thereby.`

In the drawings illustrating the preferred form of the inventionf-T Figure l is a perspective view of a pedes- -tal embodying the invention, a fragmentary portion of a vehicle tire supported thereby being indicated in broken'lines.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the ped-v estal, the section being taken along the plane represented by the line 2 2 of Fig.

Fig. 3'is a longitudinal sectionalview of the pedestal along the plane represented by the line 3&3 .of Fig-2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional vieW 'of one of a pair of pivotal connect-ions uniting` the parts of .the pedestal, `the section being` plane indicated by the line taken along the Figs. 5 and '6 are sectional views on an enlarged scale, taken lalong the planes'indi cated respectively bythe lines 5*-5 ando-6, Fig. Q

npedestal elements 1926. serial No.'113,364.

F ig. 7 the parts indicated closed position.

Fig. Sis a top view of the folded pedestal indicated in Fig. 7. n y

As indicated .by the above-described iigyures of the drawing, thepedestal in its preferred Vform comprises i each of which may be. cut fromy a lsingle blank of material such as iibre-board, pressboard, papier-mache, ing .equivalent properties of toughness, ri gi'dity and flexibility.'v Each of the elements 20 may comprise a pair of end' p'orticnsZl as being folded to a and an intermediate portion 22. connected or other material `hav is a side vievv ofthe' pedestal with tvvo 'elements 20,

along lines of the material Whicn may be weakened, as at23, or the like, so as to between the end portions and the intermediate portions. Preferablythe elements 20 will' be of such into a single plane, no part of the end portions Will extend beyond a pairof parallel lines separated by Widt-hof the intermediate portions, and the lines of Weakness Which form the hinge-like joints will be disposed at right'angles Ito. said parallel lines.

In the form of the invention herein disclosed, the end` portions 2l Vof the pedestal. elements are reinforced by having additional by indentation, scoring `layers of material Qelsecured thereto by appropriate fastening devices 25, v26',4 27, and the free endsrof the portions 2l and 'their reinforcing layers are overlapped and inter@ leaved in alternation and united by the connecting elements 27 to pivotally connect the as at 28,V as most clearly` indicated in Fig. 8;' vThese pivotal vconnec-` tions may be further reinforced bythe use of washers 29 of relatively large diameter, Which may be placed against the surfaces of .the reinforcing elements and against which the endsofthe fastening devices 27 may be clinched. e As clearly indicatedfinrFigs.v l, 2 and 7, the end portions 2l maybe cut to appropriate fornito serve as a pair of -jaWs or grip# pers-30 adapted tol 'receive the tire orother article to be displayed',and the lower margins of the end portions may be cut to suchV form hinge-like joints4r a distance equal to theV form that, when opened out Y portions 3l adjacent their hinge connections vto the intermediate portions of the pedestal elements, will be maintained free from c'on-y taet'with the surface on Which the pedestal is supported. These rounded portions 3l serve as downwardly-directed legs or points of support so disposed las to maintain all other parts or the pedestal Jfree from the supporting surface and cause itto rest upon tour lwidely spaced points of support. v

It desired, the legs or supporting surfaces 3l may have metal reinforcements 32 ext-ended from the 'fastening elements 2G into close proximity with their effective bearing surfaces. herein disclosed in the form et washers which may surround the asteningeleinents 26 and may be interposed between the end portions of ther pedestal .elements and their adjacenty layers of reinforcing material.

lVith the parts of the pedestal. constructed as herein describedit maybe opened from the form indicated in Figs. 7 and 8 to the torni indicated in Figs. l, 2, and 3 Vadapted to support a tire B25, represented iiraginentarily in brokenlines in Figs. l and 3.. 'lheparallel relation which exists loctweeii the lines oi' weakness "rornnng the hinge-like joints between the end portions ot.

the pedestal elements and their intermediate portions causes, the end portions, when turned and united in overlapped relation, to be maintained in a verticalplane, as clearly indicated in Figs. l and 3. This vertical position of the end portions is the one bestV adapted to transmit the load of the article to be supported to the legs or supports 3l with the pedestal elements and cause the grippcrs 30 to be closed into a grasping relationship with the adjacent surfaces of the tire, whereby the saine will be iirinly held in an upright position. n

- By so 'forming the lower margins of the end portions of the pedestal Aelen'ients as to provide well-deiined points of contact adjacent the hinge connections between the ends and intermediate portions ol". the. pedestal elements, tires ot widely varying sizes may-- be supported in the pedestal, which, under lall circumstances, will be supported at four well-detined widely-spaced points ol' contact. Y i

The above-described pedestal may readily be folded to a forni convenient for storage and packing. This is effected bylirst rotati' ing the pedestal elements about their pivotal connections 28 until the intermediate por- Such reinforcements are tions ot Vthe pedestal elements 22lie in paral-l lel planes, after whichthe elements may be flattened lown about two oit the oppositelydisposed hinge joint-s 23 the other two being opened up until the 'parts of the pedestal assiiine the position indicatedin Figs. 7 and 8,

in'whieh all parts tliereoir lie within the j width of the intermediate 'portionsr of the pedestal elements. i

The .invention is not llnnited'to the pre- 'terred `torni ot the invention herein disclosed tor purposes `ot illustration,- but is intended` to include inodications and variationswitli-` y in the scope of the appended claims.

W hat is claimed is: l. A toldable display pedestal comprising a substantially the rigidity, toughness and flexibility ot' 'libre-board, said elements iav. i.

ing end portions and intermediate portions connected along lines ot .the material weakpair of elements made of material having cned, as by scoring, to form .hinge-like] joints, lines o'l weakness into planes substantially -perpendiciilar`to the planes of the intermediate portions, the bent end portions being reinforced by having.additional layers ot material secured thereto and having their' ii'ee ends overlapped and pivotally `'connected se as to torni two oppositelydisposedv sides ol' the pedestal having parts relativelyVL movable about aligned axes, each ot thepiv--- o'tally-connected end portions being so formed to provide a pair or upwardly- 'extending grippers and a` pair otdownwardly-directed` widely separated supports, whereby the weight ot an articlesupported in said 'grippers will tend to depress the unsupported pivoted portions ot the pedestal elements and thereby canse. the giippers to.

said end portions being bent at said V close and firmly grip the supported article..

2. A Foldable displayl pedestal, asdetined by claim 1,'con'iprising elements oit cacli ot which the intermediate portion and its end portions, it restored to their original flat relationship, would liewithin'a pair of parallel lines coincident with the edges of 'i y the intermediate portion, the linesof weak` nesstorming thehinge-lilre JointsV between the end andv intermediate portions of saidV elements being perpendicular to .said paral- 'lel lines, whereby the elements ofsaid pedestal may be moved about their two ,pivotalV connections to theposit-ions such astobring their intermediate portions into .parallel planes and then folded into a lat relationship with the vinner surfaces of'pairs of adjacent sides in 'Contact and all parts of ,thepedestal confined within thel width oit-v the intermediate portionot oneoi' its element 3. A `toldable displayA pedestal, as defined by. claim l, of which thev end portions oit'the elementsand. their reinforcing layers, :have y their tree ends interleaved in alternation and' secured by the fastening elements forming the pivotal connections'between the pedestal elements.

4. A foldable display stand, as defined by claim l, of which the end portions of the elements, andl their reinforcing layers, have metal fastening elements to secure them together, one of said fastening elements beingV located near each of the parts of the pedestal elements forming the downwardly-directed supports, and having a metal reinforcement extendingv therefrom into close proximity with the supporting surfaces.

5. A foldable display stand, as defined by claim l, of which the end portions of the elements, and their reinforcing layers, lhave metal fastening elements tosecure them together, one of said fastening elements beingr located near each of the parts of the pedestal elements forming the downwardly-directed supports, and having a metal reinforcement extendingy therefrom into close proximity vwith the supporting surfaces, said metal reinforcement comprising al washer, surrounding the fastening element and interposed between the end portion of the pedestal element and its adjacent layer of reinforcing material. f v* G. A foldable display pedestal comprising a pair of elements made of material having substantially the rigidity, toughness and flexibility of fibre board,said elements having end portions and intermediate portions connected along lines of the material Weakened, as by scoring, to form hinge-like oints, said end portions being bent at said lines of weakness to an angular relationship with respect to the intermediateportions, the bent end portions being reinforced lby, having additional layers of material secured thereto and having their free ends, and the free ends of their reinforcing layers, overlapped and interleaved in alternation and pivotally connected so as to form two oppositely-disposed sides of the pedestal, each of the pivotallyconnected kend portions being so formed as tolprovide a pair of upwardly-extending Ygrippers and a pair of downwardly-directed Widely-separated supports, whereby the Weight Vofan article supported inrsaid grippers will tend toy depress the unsupported pivoted portions of the pedestal elements and thereby cause the grippers to close and firmly grip the supported article.

y 7. A foldable display pedestal comprising a pair of elements made of material having substantially the rigidity, toughness and fiexibility of fibre board, said elements having end portions and intermediate portions connected along lines of the material weakened, as by scoring, to form hinge-like joints, said end portions being bent at said lines of weakness to an angular relationship with respect to the intermediate portions, the bent end portions being reinforced by havingadditional layers ofy material secured thereto by metal fastening elements, and

having their free ends overlapped and pivotally-connected so as to form two oppositelydisposed Vsides of the pedestal, each of the pivotally-.connected end portions being so formed as to provide a pair of upwardlyextending grippers land a pair of downwardly-directed, widely-separated supports, one ofthe fastening elements being located near each of said supports, and hav-ing a relatively rigid reinforcement extending therefrom into close proximity with the supporting surfaces. j

8. A foldable display stand, as defined by claim 7, of which the relatively rigid reinforcements' in the parts forming the downwardly-directed supports comprise Washers surrounding the fastening elements and interposed betweenthe end portions of the pedestal elements and their layers of reinforcing material.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name. 

